Melete salacia
Melete salacia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mexico and on Hispaniola and Cuba. The habitat consists of mesic hardwood forests.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Melete |
Species: | M. salacia |
Binomial name | |
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Synonyms | |
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The length of the forewings is 22–29 mm (0.87–1.14 in) for males and 23–26 mm (0.91–1.02 in) for females.[2] Adults feed on flower nectar of a variety of flowers, including Asclepias, Palicourea barbinervia, Cordia globosa, Lantana ovatifolia, Morinda citrifolia, Tournefortia hirsutissima, Ageratum conyzoides, Coffea arabica and Croton barahonensis.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Melete salacia salacia (Mexico)
- Melete salacia cubana Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Hispaniola, Cuba)
gollark: Apparently `sleep` works based on ticks and not real time, so you can calculate the discrepancy between ticks and real time to see roughly what TPS is.
gollark: Well, mine is an approximation.
gollark: ```lualocal game_time_start = os.epoch "utc"sleep(1)local game_time_end = os.epoch "utc"local utc_elapsed_seconds = (game_time_end - game_time_start) / 1000print(20 / utc_elapsed_seconds)```
gollark: You can also infer TPS fairly accurately using things.
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References
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- Melete, Site of Markku Savela
- The butterflies of Hispaniola
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